Immature stages of Galagete protozona (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Autostichidae) from the Galapagos Islands: description and notes on biology
- 2 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 139 (2) , 201-208
- https://doi.org/10.4039/n06-077
Abstract
The morphology of the larva and pupa of Galagete protozona (Meyrick), an endemic of the Galapagos Islands, is described and illustrated. The immatures were observed feeding within droppings of the land iguana Conolophus subcristatus (Gray) (Iguanidae) on the island of Fernandina in 2005.Keywords
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